What does your child do when they're upset?

Josie83 wrote: I was just thinking about this because Cassie got upset wth Jason this morning. What do they do when they are upset with you or their mum/dad? if Jason has been winding Cassie up and upset her , she will always come running for me and if I am sat down she will plonk herself on my knee with no explnataion and rest her head on my chest (or if she can, lift my top up and put her head underneath it ) without saying anything and sulk for a few minutes. If I am standing up and she finds me she will come up to me, put her arms around my legs and rest her head on them. She always takes a while to tell me what the matter is because she likes to sulk. If she is upset with me or with both Jason AND me, she will run to the chair in the hall and hide behind it, or if we are upstairs she will run to her bedrom and go under the bed. What does your child do when they're upset or cross? xx

ediep replied: jASON YELLS in frustration and throws himself down, either to is knees or flat or flat on his stomach if he is mad. Lovely

mammag replied: Kristen rolls her eyes, yells and (like grandma says) acts like a brouha (sp?). Cade says "hmm" and will cry sometimes but is the most even tempered. Conner will stomp his feet and go hide under pillows. Keegan is already trying to yell at us so we could be in trouble with him.

Josie83 replied:
I'm sorry to ask but . . . what is a brouha?! xx

5littleladies replied: Madeline cries-anything that makes her upset makes her cry. She is just like I was-very sensitive. Megan gets mad and runs off to her room and pouts on her bed, and Brianna makes the biggest pouty face ever-I mean bird-is-gonna-poop-on-your-lip pouting-and fake cries. It is hilariously pathetic. So far I get a kick out of it every time but I'm sure I won't soon.

MommyXsTwo replied: My daughter will usually come up to me and tell me, (as much as she can say since she isnt talking that great yet), what happened, who did it, and what not. My son will either cry or bang his head on the floor for attention...

Josie83 replied:
That made me laugh Jen! I can just imagine Brianna doing this xx

MomToMany replied: Well, Hannah will shriek as loud as she can (almost ear-splitting ), and start doing the Hannah-dance, where she jumps up & down while crying. It is quite funny to watch!

Sunflower04 replied: Joey cries, then he gets mad, stomps his feet and does raspberries at us.

texasp3 replied: Aww.... these posts are reminding me of my older son when he was younger ... from his earliest days, when he was seeking comfort he would sneak his hand up the sleeve of my shirt. This started out as nursing behavior, but as he got older it became his way of communicating that he needed comfort, was upset about something. Even when he was 10 - 11 years old, he would come sit next to me and, if it was something that was hard for him to talk about, pretty soon he'd start fiddling with the cuff of my shirt-sleeve and his hand would end up inside, just absent-mindedly patting my arm. It was the BEST barometer I've ever seen. I never needed to ask... when he started that, I KNEW something was bothering him.

His idea of a tantrum, when he was in the 1-3 years range, was to drop into a motionless heap on the floor and go utterly silent.

Now, his younger brother is a completely different story. Gabriel will be 1 in two weeks, as of this post. We've known for MONTHS that the boy is going to have a temper on him. Well, in the last 72 hours he has thrown two TOTAL tantrums. I mean, good old-fashioned screaming FITS. He bunches his entire body up, shakes violently, SCREAMS at the top of his lungs until he is purple. Oiy vey!! His father's child, I'm telling you. Both times it was because he wanted my cell phone and I wouldn't give it to him. There are only a handful of things I will not let him play with (other than the obvious dangers like sissors, etc.), and my cell phone is one of them. I predict epic battles ahead of us with this child.

Josie83 replied: V interesting all the different replies to these sort of questions. Marie, it must be very interesting for you to see it all happen again after a gap (I hope you don't take offens by that comment). I'm just saying that because I am anticipatiing a gap between Cassie and our next child, and think it must be so much fun to see it happen all over again! Is it? xx

kimberley replied: Jade screams! James, stomps his feet and throws things . Jacob cries... very loudly.

mommy2owen replied: Alyssa normaly sits on the floor and wines, it doesnt normaly last long because she'll find something else she wants to do, or notices something on the floor someplace.

loveydad replied: Tracy SCREAMS and yells "NO daddy!" or whoevers making her mind. Sometimes she trhows things or kicks too.

texasp3 replied:
Oh it's the BEST! Really, it is. Of course, I'm spoiled rotten by having a well-behaved, helpful teenager.

It's crazy - so much has changed in the years between. Jeez, when Michael was a baby you HAD to put your infant to sleep on his stomach. Now of course, it's quite the opposite! And talk about products that weren't around... there are even new vaccines! It's very much like starting all over again. And of course, I've changed over the years as well.

One of the best parts is the way going through everything again with Gabriel is bringing back SO many memories of Michael when he was little.

Oh, and you would never offend me by commenting on the huge age gap between my kids! Although thanks for checking. Sometimes people do look at me funny, but I really could care less... I was elated both times I got pregnant and I adore both of my sons. What else matters?